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| Israel army: 2 Grad rockets strike Ashdod | |
| 2011-04-16 | |
| [Ma'an] Two Grad rockets fired from the Gazoo Strip struck the Israeli port city of Ashdod on Friday afternoon, the Israeli army said, in the first major attack since the start of a new ceasefire. There were no reports of injury or damage in the attack that comes days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened a firm response to any new projectile fire toward Israel's south and western Negev.
The IDF spokesperson said that the strikes were in response to the Grad rockets fired at Ashdod earlier Friday and said the army will "not accept rocket fire at southern communities and will operate against all acts of aggression against Israeli citizens." IDF sources said they predicted that while the cease-fire had gone into effect, it would likely be limited in time. “We succeeded in postponing a large-scale conflict with Hamas but that conflict is likely inevitable,” one senior officer said on Monday. | |
| Posted by:Fred |